Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Krugersdorp FCS decided to use the Casual Day Celebrations to uplift the their morale and spirit and to create some visibility by doing a 8km walk through the town. MAB agreed to assist by mobilising volunteers to assist with their float. Margie Kaufmann and her team of "art ladies" took on the challenge and changed it into a work of art!

MAB, together with Big Shoes and Gauteng SAPS Province, has been hosting training for SAPS Client Service Centres on Managing Abandoned Babies. On 17 and 18 August such a training was hosted for the West Rand area. 38 SAPS members and 5 volunteers received their certificates.

At MAB we have gotten to know many amazing people, who touches the lives through their passion. Sune is such a person. She started the "Verskilmakers" group and by hosting informal mornings at her house, she has mobilised her friends to donated and help charities. In April she donated over R1200 to MAB. In August her group donated 45 comfort packs for small girls who have been raped.

Matla a Bana, a Gauteng and Western Cape focused charity organisation hosted its bi-annual Incentive Awards, for the Gauteng Province on 26 August 2010 in Hurlingham at the Rosebank Union Church. The event celebrates South African Police Service (SAPS) members who have excelled beyond the call of duty.

The following individuals were acknowledged and honoured at the ceremony:Constable Nalana of the Hillbrow Family Violence, Child protection and Sexual Offences Unit (linking a suspect by fingerprints en modus operandi)Warrant Officer Gonkgang of the Tembisa Family Violence, Child Protection protection and Sexual Offences UnitConstable Babile of the Alexandra Family Violence, Child protection and Sexual Offences Unit Warrant Officer Maedi of Katlehong (13 times Life imprisonment- 49 counts of rape for a serial rapist with several victims)Constable Motsa of Ga-Rankuwa (Linking two missing children cases – decomposed bodies found, body parts used by Sangoma for muti..)Captain Mathethwa of Katlehong( Best FCS Commander)Colonel Maupa of Daveyton (Best Station Commander)Colonel Anneke Pienaar (Service Excellence)Vodacom Foundation National Coordinator, Melenie Naidoo (Serviec Excellence)Katlehong FCS was the best unit for working together as a team to put a serial rapist behind bars!

These individuals were awarded with various gifts and were also issued with a certificate as a token of appreciation and an incentive to continue with their much-appreciated work. “With this special award ceremony we honor the Police men and women for what they do behind the scenes and for their invaluable support. We have seen the positive impact our collaboration has had and hope to involve even more likeminded people,” said Monique Strydom, founder of Matla a Bana.We would like to thank all our sponsors for your continued:

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the problem

In South Africa a child is raped every 3 minutes. These are the reported cases. It is estimated that only 30% of all child abuse are reported. Most of these children raped are young girls between 8 and 12 and most of them have been raped by someone they know...

The aim of Matla A Bana is to minimize the secondary abuse children suffer when they report crimes against them.

our reach

During 2011 the MAB projects assisted more than 13000 children who reported crimes against them. In the last years we have trained more than 2000 officers of the law to deal with abuse victims, more than 200 doctors in forensic medical examination, more than 200 social workers and have mobilised more than 20 community groups to assist officers of the law. At the end of 2012 we hope to reach more than 20 000 victims.

our solution

1. ADOPTION PROJECTMobilizing faith based groups to adopt the police Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Units and Sexual Offences courts, for them to assist these units and courts with needs lists and spiritual support.

3. CHILD-FRIENDLY REPORTING FACILITIESCreating child-friendly reporting facilities at police stations. Such a facility will include a waiting room, an child-friendly assessment room (with bed, play area and toys), linked with a two-way mirror facility to a monitoring room. (Audio-visual recording facilities are included).

4. TRAINING PROJECTSWe train police officers in soft skills to equip them to work with children. We also train doctors to do expert forensic medical examinations. Specialised services will result in better convicitions.

5. INCENTIVE AWARDSWe award police officers and individuals who has gone beyond the call of duty in helping and protecting our children.

6. TRAIN AND EQUIP FORENSIC SOCIAL WORKERSWe train and equip the forensic social workers at the police units with specialised tools and in skills.

7. UNIQUE PROJECTSWe host various unique projects in order to create awareness and educate the public on the rights of children. Included in this is a project to assist churches and schools to write their own child protection protocols.

how you can help...

You can help by reporting crimes against children, adopting a unit or court, make a donation. Please contact any of our offices for more information.